ARTH 180 Introduction to Later Western Art

A selective survey of Western European painting sculpture and architecture from the Renaissance to the20th century. Lectures and readings are designed to provide an overview of artistic developments as well as how to articulate the ways in which forms of expression and modes of representation were affected by unfolding political religious social cultural and economic conditions. Major themes will include: patterns of narrative and description strategies of realism and abstraction the changing status of the artist patronage and audience and the rise of the avant-garde. Museum visits required. Not open to seniors.